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Black v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc
Jun 16, 1932
142 So. 599 (Fla. 1932)

Opinion

Opinion filed June 16, 1932. Petition for rehearing denied July 5, 1932.

A writ of error to the Circuit Court for Dixie County; Hal. W. Adams, Judge.

W. P. Chavous, for Plaintiff in Error;

Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and Roy Campbell, Assistant, for the State.


In this cause Mr. Chief Justice Buford, Mr. Justice Brown and Mr. Justice Davis are of opinion that the judgment of the Circuit Court should be reversed, while Mr. Justice Whitfield, Mr. Justice Ellis and Mr. Justice Terrell are of opinion that said judgment should be affirmed. When the members of the Supreme Court, sitting six members in a body and after full consultation, it appears that the members of the Court are permanently and equally divided in opinion as to whether the judgment should be affirmed or reversed, and there is no prospect of an immediate change in the personnel of the Court, the judgment should be affirmed; therefore it is considered, ordered and adjudged under the authority of State ex rel. Hampton v. McClung, 47 Fla. 224, 37 So.2d R. 51, that the judgment of the Circuit Court in this cause be and the same is hereby affirmed.

Affirmed.

BUFORD, C.J., AND WHITFIELD, ELLIS, TERRELL, BROWN AND DAVIS, J.J., concur.


Summaries of

Black v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc
Jun 16, 1932
142 So. 599 (Fla. 1932)
Case details for

Black v. State

Case Details

Full title:EDD BLACK, Plaintiff in Error, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Defendant in Error

Court:Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc

Date published: Jun 16, 1932

Citations

142 So. 599 (Fla. 1932)
142 So. 599

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